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15 Papalites Travel to Kerala to Help the Flood Victims

In order to bring some solace to the victims of flood, 15 (+1) Papalites, along with 20 from JDV, travelled to Kerala on 5th September, 2018. They started the journey at 5:00 PM with a prayer at the Grotto, Papal Seminary. After 30 hours of scenic journey along the Konkan route, they reached Ernakulam Railway Station, where they were welcomed by Fr. Joseph Oliparambil, Rector, Minor Seminary, Verapolly Diocese.

After one night of rest, and the introduction, they went to Kainakari, Kuttanadu, the native place of St Kuriakose Chavara CMI, in a bus and reached there after about 6 hours. They are housed in the CMI house. They are reaching out to the affected people. Our prayers are with them.

From the Rector’s Letter to the Community:

In the context of flood-situation in Kerala and the decision taken by JDV to reach out to the flood-affected people and areas, Papal Seminary has sent a batch of 16 students as volunteers to Kerala on September 5, 2018. They will return to JDV for their classes on Monday, September 17, 2018. Among the sixteen students, following students from Papal Seminary from Philosophy Faculty have gone as volunteers:

The List of Papal Students Helping in Kerala

III BTh

JijoMaliakkal (Thrissur)

Rejin Joseph (Kochi)

Vinod Marandi (Dumka)

I BTh

Clinton J. Samson (Alleppy)

III BPh

PramodSamad (Hazaribag)

Janbemo N Odyuo(Kohima)

Mariadas (Guwahati)

II BPh

NeelendraKiro (Sambalpur)

Jithin M. Augustine (Kanjirappally)

PrathapPingalBarla (Rourkela)

Akshay Kumar Nayak (Cattak-Bhuvaneshwar)

I BPh

JefinJohny (Mananthawady)

Joffin C. J. (Alappey)

Ajeesh A. (Trivandrum)

Anup Baa (Sambalpur)

Let us pray for our brothers. They are doing a risk and challenging job. Best wishes to them!

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Papal Seminary, Pune, is the national seminary for India, catering to the formation of seminarians from all over India. As a national seminary, it serves all the three rites of the Catholic Church in India. Founded in 1893 at Kandy, Sri Lanka, it was transferred to Pune in 1955. Today it houses more then 160 seminarians who pursue their philosophy or theology studies, for whom Papal Seminary is “The Home of Love.”